Halter Marine Delivers Large
Supply Boat To George Engine Co.

Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans,
La., has delivered a new 166-foot offshore
supply vessel, Fay Hebert, to its owner, the
George Engine Co. of Harvey, La.

The ship's overall dimensions are 166 feet
in length, with a 38-foot breadth, 13-foot
depth, and a normal operating draft of 11
feet. Her normal displacement is 1,370 long
tons.

The 12-knot vessel is powered by two
Detroit Diesel 16V-149NA diesel engines
rated at 900 horsepower each at 1,800 rpm.
Her reduction gears are Lohmann Stolterfoht
with a 5.90:1 ratio. She swings two
74-inch-diameter stainless steel propellers.
Air controls are by Westinghouse, and the
steering system was manufactured by Skipper
Hydraulics.

The Fay Hebert is also equipped with a
Murray Tregurtha 300-hp bow thruster
driven by a General Motors 8V-71 engine.
The boat is equipped with a bulk mud system
comprised of four vertical tanks with
a total capacity of 3,000 cubic feet of dry
bulk mud.

Auxiliary, deck, and galley equipment
aboard the Fay Hebert includes two 75-kw
generators powered by two General Motors
6-71 diesels, an HBL anchor windlass, a 22
point alarm/engine monitoring system, two
Quincy air compressors, a Barnes pumping
system serving five fire stations, a 28-cubicfoot
refrigerator/freezer, four-burner range,
and dishwasher.

The new offshore ship is American Bureau
of Shipping classed A-l, Maltese Cross, AMS,
and is U.S. Public Health approved.
Halter Marine Services, Inc., operates
seven shipyards in the United States, and
is the world's largest builder of offshore
support vessels.